Texas Back to Work offers millions to Texas employers

This is because of a two-year, $15 million program promoted by Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and funded by the Texas Legislature in the last session.

Texas Back to Work offers employers a wage subsidy of up to $2,000/each for hiring qualified out-of-work Texans. Through the new program, employers who hire qualified individuals currently receiving unemployment benefits could receive a subsidized-wage reimbursement of up to fifty percent of the new employees' wages for eleven weeks.

Texas Back to Work is available to employers through Workforce Solutions South Plains, which also provide employers with workforce recruitment assistance, pre-screening of qualified applicants, job registration/matching assistance and resources for training.

President Donald Trump visited a Florida community reeling from a deadly school shooting, meeting privately with victims and cheering the heroics of first responders, but extending few public words of consolation...

President Donald Trump visited a Florida community reeling from a deadly school shooting, meeting privately with victims and cheering the heroics of first responders, but extending few public words of consolation to those in deep mourning.

The mass shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead has sparked calls for walkouts, sit-ins and other actions on school campuses nationwide aimed at pushing lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws.

The mass shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead has sparked calls for walkouts, sit-ins and other actions on school campuses nationwide aimed at pushing lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws.